Data science summit

6th International Data Science Summit

Overview

The 6th Data Science Summit, organized by the Data Science Foundation will take place in Kolkata, India in August 2018. The Summit will provide unique insight into creating a data-driven culture in organizations, and the benefits of using data and analytics to drive the decision making process.

Connect with some of the most innovative people and ideas in the world of data science, while learning first-hand from core practitioners and contributors. Data Science Summit will welcome renowned s from the space to share innovative ideas on how to correctly and efficiently extract the knowledge & insights from data.

Agenda

Registrations : 09:15 to 10:00

Inauguration Session 10:00 to 10:45

	Speaker	Organization
Welcome Address	Gautam Banerjee	Data Science Foundation - President
Opening Remarks	Nirupam Chaudhuri	NASSCOM East - Head
Key Note Speaker	Shri Debashis Sen	Govt. of West Bengal, Additional Chief Secretary - IT & E
Address by Chief Guest	Shri Bratya Basu	Govt. of West Bengal, Honorable Minister In Charge - IT & E
Address by Guest of Honour	Shri Manjit Nayak	STPI - Addl. Director

 

Networking Tea : 10:45 to 11:00

Session I : 11:00 to 12:00

	Speaker	Organization
Applications & challenges of machine learning in HR	Amit Sharma	ADP - Chief Data Scientist
Restricted Boltzmann Machine	Mainak Sen	Business Brio - Director

 

Session II : 12:00 to 13:00

Topic	Speaker	Organization
Developing Competencies in data science	Soma Banerjee	Data Brio Academy - Director
Stepping up the Organizations’ IQ in an imperfect Data environment	Umang Oberoi	Great West Financial - Director & Head Business Analytics
A Smart Way to Govern	Rakhi Basu	World Bank - Transport Specialist

 

Networking Lunch : 13:00 to 14:00

Session III : 14:00 to 15:30

AI Workshop	Speaker	Organization
Challenges & limitations in deploying recommendations systems	Subhankar Dhar	San Jose State University (USA) - Professor

 

Networking Tea : 15:30 to 15:45

Session IV : 15:45 to 16:45

Topic	Speaker	Organization
Capability ramp up in AI	Satish Kumar Datla	NASSCOM SSC - Head
It’s All in the Data: The Machine Learning Behind Alexa’s AI Systems	Sohan Maheshwar	Amazon - Alexa Evangelist
Visualizing BigQuery Data Using Google Data Studio	Harsh Dattani	Google - Community Manager, Developer Relations

 

Vote of Thanks : 16:45 to 17:00